von Neumayer Station. It is located in the Antarctic near Atka Bay and is operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). It was inaugurated on February 20

regions, like jellyfish, arriving in the Arctic. Using DNA metabarcoding, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute have now been able to prove for the first time that these jellyfish serve as food for amphipods

widespread shrimp species. In the journal Science of the Total Environment , the team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute warns against false positive results if extraction steps are omitted during sample preparation

structure has been discovered in the Baltic Sea region, the group, with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute, now reports in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

a under controlled conditions (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute/ Delphine Dissard) Fig. 4: Nano-SIMS-picture of a benthic foraminifer (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute/ Gernot Nehrke) Contact: Dr. Gernot [...] growth that can be measured by geochemical analyses . Fig. 2: Sampling of diatoms (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute/ Bärbel Hönisch) Foraminifera (unicellular organisms secreting a carbonate shell) are among

motion on unstructured meshes. The model is developed and supported by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). See also FESOM on youtube . MITgcm

recently published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment by scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

are new territory even for the Polarstern: Between two expeditions to East Antarctica, the Alfred Wegener Institute's research icebreaker reached Hobart in Tasmania on 30 January 2024 and will remain there

regarding publications, data and reports after the use of the infrastructure. General: The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) has an excellent scientific infrastructure

masse, posing a biological hazard. The new joint project PrimePrevention, coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, has set itself the goal of developing new tools to help make society more aware of these